Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Semidouble

Matins

Lauds

COLLECT OF THE DAY

CLOSING VERSICLES AND THAT WHICH FOLLOWETH
 

Matins

The first part of Matins is in the Ordinary

First Nocturn

Second Nocturn

Third Nocturn
 

Third Nocturn

Absolutio: A vínculis peccatórum nostrórum absólvat nos omnípotens et miséricors Dóminus.
R.  Amen.

Absolution:  May the Lord Almighty and merciful break the bonds of our sins and set us free.
R.  Amen.

V.  Jube domne, (Dómine) benedícere.

V.  Vouchsafe, Reverend Father (O Lord), thy blessing.

Benedíctio 7: Evangélica léctio sit nobis salus et protéctio.
R.  Amen.

Benediction 7:  May the Gospel's holy lection be our safeguard and protection.
R.  Amen.

In illo témpore : Ibat Jesus in civitátem, quæ vocátur Naim ; et ibant cum eo discípuli ejus, et turba copiósa.  Et réliqua.

At that time : Jesus went into a city, called Nain : and many of his disciples went with him, and much people.  And so on, and that which followeth.

De júvene illo resuscitáto gavísa est mater vídua ; de homínibus in spíritu quotídie suscitátis gaudet mater Ecclésia.  Ille quidem mórtuus erat córpore ; illi autem mente.  Illíus mors visíbilis visibíliter plangebátur ; illórum mors invisíbilis nec quærebátur, nec videbátur.  Quæsívit ille, qui nóverat mórtuos.  Ille solus nóverat mórtuos, qui póterat fácere vivos.  Nisi enim ad mórtuos suscitándos venísset, Apóstolus non díceret : Surge, qui dormis, et exsúrge a mórtuis, et illuminábit te Christus.

That her son was called again to life was the joy of that widowed mother ; that souls of men are every day called to life is the joy of our Mother the Church.  He was dead in body ; they have been dead in mind.  His death was outward, and was outwardly bewailed ; their inward death hath been neither mourned for nor seen.  But he hath sought for them, who hath seen that they are dead, and he only hath seen that they are dead.  Who hath been able to make them alive.  If he had not come to raise the dead, the Apostle had not said : Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

V.  Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
R.  Deo grátias.

V.  But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
R.  Thanks be to God.

V.  Jube domne, (Dómine) benedícere.

V.  Vouchsafe, Reverend Father (O Lord), thy blessing.

Benedíctio 8: Divínum auxílium máneat semper nobíscum.
R.  Amen.

Benediction 8: May help divine be with us all, for ever abiding.
R.  Amen.

Tres autem mórtuos invenímus a Dómino resuscitátos visibíliter, míllia invisibíliter.  Quot autem mórtuos visibíliter suscitáverit, quis novit?  Non enim ómnia, quæ fecit, scripta sunt.  Joánnes hoc dixit : Multa ália fecit Jesus, quæ si scripta essent, árbitror totum mundum non posse libros cápere.  Multi ergo sunt álii sine dúbio suscitáti, sed non tres frustra commemoráti.  Dóminus enim noster Jesus Christus ea quæ faciébat corporáliter, étiam spiritáliter volébat intélligi.  Neque enim tantum mirácula propter mirácula faciébat ; sed ut illa, quæ faciébat, mira essent vidéntibus, vera essent intelligéntibus.

We find written how the Lord raised from the dead three persons visibly, but thousands invisibly.  But how many they may have been whom he raised visibly, who knoweth?  For all the things which he did are not written.  John saith thus : There are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written.  There were then, doubtless, many more raised to life, but it is not meaningless that three are recorded.  For our Lord Jesus Christ hath willed that those things which he did carnally, we should understand also spiritually.  He worked not miracles only for the sake of working wonders, but that his works might be at once wonderful to them that beheld, and true to them that understand them.

V.  Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
R.  Deo grátias.

V.  But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
R.  Thanks be to God.

R.  Duo Séraphim clamábant alter ad álterum : * Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus Dóminus Deus Sábaoth : * Plena est omnis terra glória ejus.
V.  Tres sunt qui testimónium dant in cælo : Pater, Verbum, et Spíritus Sanctus : et hi tres unum sunt.
R.  Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus Dóminus Deus Sábaoth.
V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  Plena est omnis terra glória ejus.

R.  The two Seraphim did cry the One to the Other : * Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God of Hosts : * The whole earth is full of his glory.
V.  For there are Three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost : and these Three are One.
R.  Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God of Hosts.
V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.  The whole earth is full of his glory.

V.  Jube domne, (Dómine) benedícere.

V.  Vouchsafe, Reverend Father (O Lord), thy blessing.

Benedíctio 9: Ad societátem cívium supernórum perdúcat nos Rex Angelórum.
R.  Amen.

Benediction 9: May the King of Angels give us fellowship with all the citizens of heaven.
R.  Amen.

Quemádmodum qui videt lítteras in códice óptime scripto, et non novit légere, laudat quidem antiquárii manum, admírans ápicum pulchritúdinem ; sed quid sibi velint, quid índicent illi ápices, nescit, et est óculis laudátor, mente non cógnitor.  Alius autem et laudat artifícium, et capit intelléctum : ille útique, qui non solum vidére quod commúne est ómnibus, potest, sed étiam légere ; quod qui non dídicit, non potest.  Ita qui vidérunt Christi mirácula, et non intellexérunt quid sibi vellent, et quid intelligéntibus quodámmodo innúerent, miráti sunt tantum quia facta sunt ; álii vero et facta miráti, et intellécta assecúti.  Tales nos in schola Christi esse debémus.

Even as one that looketh upon a scroll right fairly written, and knoweth not how to read therein, praiseth the hand of the old scribe when he seeth the beauty of the points, but what it saith, what those points mean, he knoweth not, and praiseth by the eye, without understanding by the mind―and as, on the other hand, he that can not only gaze on it, as can all men, but also can read it, praiseth the penmanship, and catcheth the sense likewise, which the unlearned cannot do : even so, there were some that saw the miracles that Christ did, and understood not what they meant, nor what they, as it were, hinted to such as did understand them, and these only marvelled to see them wrought.  And other some there were which saw the works, and marvelled, and understood them, and profited by them.  And it is as these last that we ought to be in the school of Christ.

V.  Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
R.  Deo grátias.

V.  But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
R.  Thanks be to God.

Lauds

V.  Dóminus regnávit, decórem índuit.
R.  Induit Dóminus fortitúdinem, et præcínxit se virtúte.

V.  The Lord is King, and hath put on glorious apparel.
R.  The Lord hath put on his apparel, and girded himself with strength.

Ad Bened. Ant:  Ibat Jesus * in civitátem, quæ vocátur Naim : et ecce defúnctus efferebátur fílius únicus matris suæ.

Ant. on Bened:  Jesus went into a city called Nain : * and behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother.

Oremus.
Ecclésiam tuam, Dómine, miserátio continuáta mundet et múniat : et quia sine te non potest salva consístere ; tuo semper múnere gubernétur.  Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.
O Lord, we beseech thee, let thy continual pity cleanse and defend thy Church, and because it cannot continue in safety without thy succour, preserve it evermore by thy help and goodness.  Through.

COMMEMORATIONS, if there be any

SUFFRAGE OF ALL SAINTS if it is said

CLOSING VERSICLES AND THAT WHICH FOLLOWETH
 

Vespers

V.  Dirigátur, Dómine, orátio mea.
R.  Sicut incénsum in conspéctu tuo.

V.  Lord, let my prayer be set forth.
R.  In thy sight as the incense.

Ad Magnif. Ant:  Prophéta magnus * surréxit in nobis, et quia Deus visitávit plebem suam.

Ant. on Magnif:  A great prophet * is risen up among us; and God hath visited his people.

Oremus.
Ecclésiam tuam, Dómine, miserátio continuáta mundet et múniat : et quia sine te non potest salva consístere ; tuo semper múnere gubernétur.  Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.
O Lord, we beseech thee, let thy continual pity cleanse and defend thy Church, and because it cannot continue in safety without thy succour, preserve it evermore by thy help and goodness.  Through.

COMMEMORATIONS, if there be any

SUFFRAGE OF ALL SAINTS if it is said

CLOSING VERSICLES AND THAT WHICH FOLLOWETH